Monthly Archives: June 2018

Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University Africa is the world’s second most populated continent; it’s home to 54 countries. Yet, according to football umbrella body FIFA’s rules, only five African countries can qualify for the World Cup tournament...

Richard Calland, University of Cape Town The latest World Bank report on South Africa is not only remarkable for the collaborative method it employed, but also for some of the conclusions it reached on issues like...

Ujuh Reporter ORT South Africa (ORT SA) and Chevron South Africa have joined forces to roll out a coding training program in previously disadvantaged schools, beginning with Ivory Park, a settlement next to Tembisa, north of...

By: SATopShops A civil engineering lecturer from Wits University, Charles MacRobert, submits that Germany, followed by Brazil and Belgium has the best chances of winning the 2018 World Cup when using civil engineering influenced predictive tools....

Charles MacRobert, University of the Witwatersrand As a civil engineer I’m fascinated by predictions of who will win the FIFA World Cup finals in Russia, seeing that we use predictions on a regular basis in engineering....

PBM Unilever South Africa seeks to sell its spreads business, Silver 2017, to Robertsons and has been given a conditional approval by the Competition Commission. The spreads business being sold is subject to a pending cartel investigation...

PBM The Competition Tribunal has processed and finalised a number of cases in its files including amendment of the Caxton/Media Credit Co-Ordinators settlement to include Ramsay Media, approval of the merger of Philafrica Foods and savoury...

PBM Concern that the 2018 World Cup in Russia might be spoiled by hate crimes, motivated by racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other discrimination, caused the Fare network to issue a Diversity Guide to Russia. Here follows extracts from...

PBM Concern that the 2018 World Cup in Russia might be spoiled by hate crimes, motivated by racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other discrimination, caused the Fare network to issue a Diversity Guide to Russia. Here follows their guide...

PBM Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, wants Western Cape premier Helen Zille to face the music for her controversial view that colonialism wasn’t all that bad. Mkhwebane ruled that Zille must be held accountable for the comment...

PBM Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, is taking some credit for the removal of two politicians as ministers by President Cyril Ramaphosa. This was reference to former Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Des van Rooyen and former...

Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University African fans have always seen match officiating at the World Cup as one reason why their teams fail to do better than they have done so far. Now technology is set to...

Mark Hann, University of Amsterdam With next year’s presidential elections on the horizon, Senegal is gripped by political and economic unrest. The recent killing of a student by a police officer during university protests over unpaid...

Ujuh Reporter South Africa’s ruling political party, the African National Congress (ANC) welcomed the election of the country as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council with a number of remarkable pledges on international...

PBM Fears that the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be marred by incidents of fan racism, homophobia and other prejudices are mounting after a new report on discrimination in Russian football that covers the 2017/18...

“In our view the Russian authorities began to show serious commitment to resolving the issue too late. Time that could have been spent on building a new model of relationships with fans and changing the culture...

PBM Fears that the 2018 World Cup in Russia might be spoiled by hate crimes, motivated by racism, homophobia and other prejudices, have prompted Fare network, an international organisation which tackles discrimination in sport, to initiate...